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See President Buhari's Last Minute Changes Before Swearing in of Ministers Today

Posted by Lolade on Wed 11th Nov, 2015 - tori.ng

President Muhammadu Buhari has made one final decision moments before the inauguration of the Federal Executive Committee holding today.

According to a report in Punch, President Muhammadu Buhari have slashed the Federal Ministries from 29 to 25 ahead of the swearing-in of the 36 incoming ministers holding today, Wednesday, November 11 at the presidential villa, Abuja.

The ministries of Police Affairs, Aviation and Special Duties, appear to have been scrapped while Ministries of Lands, Housing, Urban Development and Works have been merged to become Ministry of Works and Housing.

Similarly, the Information, Culture, National Orientation and Tourism Ministries have been collapsed into one Ministry of Information and Culture while the Ministries of Sports as well as Youth Development have also been merged to form the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development.

Among other mergers, the Ministry of Aviation is now under the Ministry of Transportation, as the president retired 17 permanent secretaries and announced the appointment of 18 new ones in a decision taken on Tuesday, November 10, 2015.

According to a top government official who spoke a correspondent on Tuesday; "The pattern of the list you see in the statement may be a sign of what to come as far as the number of ministries to be maintained by the President are concerned."